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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Erik Greenberg Anjou, director of two acclaimed documentaries focusing on the life of a cantor (A Cantor's Tale) and klezmer musicians (The Klezmatics on Holy Ground) is at it again. This new film will complete his trilogy on Jewish life. It's called Deli Man, and will be released very soon. It's a film that's sure to spark your appetite, and it's all about pastrami, corned beef, matzo balls, and all the tasty foods that surround you in a traditional Jewish delicatessen.

The film is in the final stages of production, with support in the form of a seed grant from the Hartley Foundation. Here is a description and preview of the film from their web site:

What makes a Jew? In the oft-quoted rabbinic source “Ethics of the
Fathers,” the three pillars of Judaism are earmarked as prayer, study,
and gemilut hasidim, or acts of loving kindness. But there’s a fourth
pillar – Food.

A tender cut of corned beef steeped in its
juices. A full-bodied garlic pickle. Spicy brown mustard with grain. A
blintz that melts in your mouth like a creamsicle on a summer’s day.
Recipes and culinary garnishes from Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Romania
that flowed in to late 19th and early 20th century America and soon became part of an American culinary and cultural vernacular – Deli…

The center and principal guide of Deli Man, the
third in a trilogy of documentaries by Erik Greenberg Anjou, will be
the effusive and charming Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen
man, owner and maven, as well as Yiddish-speaking French-trained chef,
who currently operates one of the country’s most popular, and delicious
delis, Kenney and Ziggy’s in Houston. ‘Texas?’ you ask. Shalom, y’all.

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If I can convince my adult daughter that "tongue" is as delicious as I remember it I will be a happy fresser. This made my mouth water and unfortunately my cardiologist [who is not Jewish] will not let me eat any of the food I remember from my growing up years near Livonia Ave in Brooklyn. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!

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